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Old 04-16-2008, 07:01 AM
cacophony
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Re: put your outrage pants on
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Originally Posted by Tiger View Post
a lot of the papers these days include articles written about various supposedly scientific studies, which in reality are paid for by clients who want the evidence looked at in such a way that the conclusion supports the the idea/product they want to promote.
such as every "smoking doesn't cause cancer" study ever funded. follow the trail and it leads you back to big tobacco.

you can't trust studies these days. you can manipulate the data to prove anything. all studies can really do anymore is tell you a hell of a lot about the person sponsoring it.